Phylexia
Dylan J. ElliottLondon, UK
Mail: [email protected]
Instagram: @phylex.ia

Works
Spectral Infrasounds: An Taibhse sa Mheaisínongoing
SET Woolwich Archiveongoing
The Sonic Scrollongoing
Muir Art Archiveongoing
Xiometic 2025
Thinking in a Dream 2025
SNAFU 2024
Our City Chambers 2023
The Knight Map 2023
Being Viral Being 2023
Elysium Archive 2022

Roles
Generative AI Data Trainer and EvaluatorInvisible TechnologiesJune 2024 – Present
RLHF · Research · Justifications · Evaluations · Transcriptions
Sound Designer and StoryboarderBlazing Griffin · GMAC FilmJan – Apr 2024
Audio Manipulation · Foley Engineering · Composition · Pre-Visualisation · Cinematography
Multimedia DeveloperSUUM StudioJan 2023 – Jan 2024
Digital Heritage Platforms · 3D Modelling · Storyboarding · Pre-Visualisation · Environmental Design

Tools
Design & Publication
InDesign · Photoshop · Illustrator · Lightroom

Spatial Capture & Reconstruction
COLMAP · Brush · MeshLab · CloudCompare · SuperSplat · nerfstudio

Audio-Visual & Real-Time
TouchDesigner · After Effects · Blender · Unreal Engine · Ableton Live

Creative Coding
Three.js · WebGL · Canvas API · Web Audio API · GSAP · Locomotive Scroll · DOM manipulation

Computer Vision & ML
Python · YOLOv8 / YOLO11 · Roboflow · Hugging Face · Mtriage · Ollama · ComfyUI

Research
OSINT & Open Data Analysis
source verification · reverse image & geolocation · satellite imagery analysis · open infrastructure datasets · dataset archaeology · investigative aesthetics

Forensic & Speculative Research
recursive forensics · counter-forensic methodology · photogrammetric evidence · synthetic media detection · deepfake counter-forensics · speculative reconstruction · archival reanimation

Critical Technology & Media
surrogate data labour · RLHF evaluation · ML pipeline critique · proxy politics · poor image theory · algorithmic accountability · synthetic political disinformation

Sonic Methods & Cultures
site-specific acoustic documentation · infrasound & environmental sensing · field recording as evidence · sonic fiction · audio-reactive systems · collective listening practices

Preservation, Commons & Education
counter-algorithmic archival · non-extractive methodology · collective co-production · digital heritage platforms · accessible publication design · large-format editorial · invitation-based archive

Qualifications
Mathematics BSc
University of Glasgow · 2018–2022

Scottish Design Awards — Finalist
Interface Design · Our City Chambers · 2024